Michael Avenatti is facing some major backlash after saying in an interview that the next presidential nominee for the Democratic Party “better be a white male.”
In an interview with the Times, Avenatti claimed that:
The Democrats have not been this powerless since the 1920s, and their members have responded by nominating a historic number of women and people of color for office.But when it comes to the party’s presidential nominee in 2020, Avenatti thinks in different terms. ‘I think it better be a white male,’ he says.
He hastens to add that he wishes it weren’t so, but it’s undeniable that people listen to white men more than they do others; it’s why he’s been successful representing Daniels and immigrant mothers, he says.
‘When you have a white male making the arguments, they carry more weight,’ he says. ‘Should they carry more weight? Absolutely not. But do they? Yes,’”
As expected, Michael Avenatti’s comments did not go down well:
Someone tell Michael Avenatti that the people who received the most votes in U.S. history were not white males.
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 25, 2018
1. Barack Obama (2008)
69,498,516 votes
2. Barack Obama (2012)
65,915,795 votes
3. Hillary Clinton (2016)
65,853,514 votes
4. Donald Trump (2016)
62,984,828 votes pic.twitter.com/gnfBOMlFAG
Michael Avenatti said in an interview with Time magazine the Democratic Party's choice to take on Trump in 2020 should be a white man.
— Mr. Weeks ✊🏽 (@MrDane1982) October 25, 2018
"I think it better be a white male" Avenatti
This is not only ignorant, but racist and sexist. Fuck Avenatti living in his white privilege
Michael Avenatti said that the 2020 Democratic nominee must be a white male.
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) October 25, 2018
I guess us black folks have overstayed our welcome. Back to the plantation, the Left sends us!
Michael Avenatti is the personification of “progressives” who still traffic in white supremacy and the patriarchy https://t.co/nlPl8W6R4G
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) October 25, 2018
It hasn’t been a great week for Avenatti who has also been referred for a criminal investigation:
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